Why is a helicopter in the Hudson River in New York City? What we know yet.

There are many questions that revolve after a tourist helicopter crashed on the Hudson River in New York City on Thursday, killing Siemens’s executive mobility in Agustín Escobar, his wife and three children.

The pilot, who said the National Transport Safety Council said on Friday about 788 hours of total flight experience.

The 216 -year -old helicopter Bell 206, which was recorded by N216MH and managed by a helicopter in New York, fell to the river off the coastal line in New Jersey at about 3:15 pm

She crashed upside down after what appears to be a disintegration of the air. The plane was owned by the Louisiana -based Meridian helicopter, which says the website that sells it, renews, and rejoices the helicopters. Meridien did not answer an email or a phone message from BI.

The former military helicopter pilot, Brian Alexander Business Indies, told the accident that it appears that it was the result of a “catastrophic mechanical failure” that includes both the main roundabouts and the tail.

He said no reason has been confirmed and people should wait for NTSB before jumping to conclusions. Alexander is also a partner at the Kreindler & Kreindler.

While a helicopter crash on Thursday can raise renewable concerns amid a recent disagreement of the accidents of airlines, the cause is unlikely to be linked.

Why was the helicopter disrupted?

The videos posted on social media show the Rotary Systems of the helicopter, apparently separate in the middle of the flight, and fell into the water after the main body of the plane is already disrupted.

“It is difficult to say what came first,” Alexander said. “It seems that there is a spinning, which indicates the problem of the tail roundabout, but you cannot exclude a main roundabout that first separates and hit the tail roundabout.”

The spinning referring to is the helicopter, where it fell in Hudson, which he said means that the tail roundabout had failed at some point.

He explained that without the tail roundabout, the helicopter was “spinning the highest” because of the torque that was created by the main roundabout because it produces lifting and trend. Either or both systems failure can lead to an accident.

Alexander said: “If you lose your main roles, and this means that it is separate, you do not have any elevator, you are ending,” Alexander said. “There is nothing you can do at this stage; you are just a landing object.”

He said that a helicopter only loses the tail roundabout is a severe position, but it can still be transferred – although it is very difficult.

Alexander said that losing power is usually a more defeated problem. In a scenario where the helicopter failed, the blades were still connected, the plane can spin automatic to go to the ground.

Jennifer Humandi, NTSB president, said on Friday that part of the debris was pulled from the river, but diving teams still recall the ingredients, including the main roundabouts and tail.

She said that the agency “does not predict” about a possible reason and still needs to collect sunken components, conduct witness interviews, and collect records such as maintenance records.

Why do the rounds apparently separate?

Alexander said that there are several reasons that can separate the helicopters, such as a mechanical error or the transmission problem.

He also said that Al -Sari – who connects the main circuit axis to the transmission – could have completely separated.

“Someone on the side of maintenance may not have tightened the bus, or a part of just a failure,” he said, stressing that any reason is still unknown. “I am sure that this is what [investigators] We will look at.

This will not be the first time that a Meridian -owned helicopter has been facing a helicopter in New York with a malfunction in the system.

In 2015, the tail -tail management column was separated from one of the helicopters from the 206 bell of the company, causing the loss of control and difficult landing in New Jersey, according to what he said Ntsb.

The pilot, who was the only concern, was unbroken.

The driving column transmits the energy from the transmission to the tail roundabout. However, NTSB decided that the installer was “unquestionable”.

Meridien NTSB told the management column that was purchased at an auction by the former owner of the helicopter after the helicopter herself witnessed a strong strong landing in 2010.

The inspectors found that the management column was re -was re -was removed, the corrosion was removed, and the serial number did not match the known records – which means that they were unable to determine whether the administration column itself was linked to the helicopter during the 2010 solid landing.

NTSB decided that the possible cause of the 2015 accident was “concealment and intentional equation” from the defective driving column “by” unknown “.

The New York helicopter did not respond to BI calls; Rejection comment To Wall Street.

How many times have helicopters disrupted?

Although helicopters are generally safe as long as safety procedures are followed, they have a relatively higher failure of commercial aircraft due to their complex systems more dangerous and operating environment.

Helicopters have more moving parts, require more modifications, depend on automatic rotation to emergency lands instead of slipping, work at lower altitudes, and usually fly in a less controlled air field.

And Transport Minister Sean Duffy said x On Thursday, a helicopter was flying in the private aviation bases area at the time of the accident, as there was no support for air traffic control.

Data from American helicopter safety team It appears that there are about 90 helicopters accidents in 2024, 13 of which led to 30 mass deaths.

and Associated Press A report said that at least 32 people were killed in helicopters in New York City between 1977 and 2019.

Five people died in 2018 when a helicopter crashed and turned upside down in the eastern river. A year later, a helicopter was collided on the surface of the Manhattan skyscraper, killing the pilot.

Accidents raised restrictions on things like flight paths and landing spots to improve safety.

Alexander said that although helicopter accidents are more common, the separation of the full main rotor is rare. “Everything about this is unusual,” he said. “You just don’t see anything like what we all saw.”